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Ares Program

Published: Mar 6, 2022

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Location Mars

Description

"We're finally out of the cradle. Of the hundred billion humans who ever lived, we're the first to stand beneath an alien sky."

— CDR Anna Wilson's first words on Mars; Oct. 3, 2018 CE

The Ares program was a crewed spaceflight project led by NASA, in collaboration with other members of the United Nations Aerospace Coalition, that succeeded in its milestone goal of landing humans on the surface of Mars. From its announcement in 2010, it took another eight years of preparation, training, and construction before the first mission was ready to begin. Ares I was launched in mid-2018 and reached the red planet a few months later. On October 3rd, 2018, commander Anna Wilson of the United States was the first human being to ever set foot on Mars, and the first living thing on the planet in almost four billion years. Ares I, and the four missions to follow, greatly enriched humanity's understanding of Mars. Ares V returned home in early 2028, ending the first crewed Mars exploration phase and opening the door for the next.

The Ares program, like its predecessors Apollo and Artemis, is widely recognized across the 30th-century human diaspora as a key reason for humankind's modern status as adept starfarers, best expressed by Commander Wilson in her first words upon touching the Martian surface: "We're finally out of the cradle."

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I have honestly no idea why I never posted this when I first made it. *shrug* well, here it is! more program and mission insignias to follow.